Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, By B.h. Mayer Auction this time at Boulogne

this time at Boulogne

In November of 1940 he was promoted to Junior Corporal (Oberrottenfuerher

unworn and mint

most of which remain attached to the body of the book

the exterior bearing an inscription of “MEDAILLE ‘WINTERSCHLACHT IM OSTEN 1941/42 (OSTMEDAILLE)’” and a maker’s mark of “PAUL MEYBAUER

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, By B.h. Mayer Auction this time at Boulogne(U Boot Kriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Kriegsmarine eagle clutching a mobile swastika, overlaid by a central U Boat set over a hollow background, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flattened catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of a design most commonly accredited to B. H. Mayer,